GTA Meme Coins Flood Solana as ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ Hype Builds

Unofficial Game Theft Auto-themed meme coins continue to flood onto Solana, with a handful of new takes like GTA 6 Coin and GTA Guy reaching higher than a $1 million market cap in the last day.

Much like other meme coins, which are inherently risky and volatile, both tokens have fallen more than 90% off their peak to market caps of $69,000 and $12,000 respectively.

Though just two of the latest examples, the pair are among dozens of Grand Theft Auto-themed meme coins that have been launched via the popular Solana token launchpad, Pump.fun.

Searching for “GTA” or “Grand Theft Auto” on the popular token analytics and discovery tool DexScreener provides a list of dozens of tokens, all worth next to nothing, across blockchains like Solana, Arbitrum, and Ethereum—with some dating back to as far back as a year ago.

The meme coins aren’t the only connection the game has had to crypto. Rumors about a potential inclusion of in-game crypto rewards for players in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6, although unsubstantiated, have been circulating since at least 2021.

Rumors grew louder in 2024 when it was speculated that Bitcoin and Ethereum would play some role in the game. Those rumors were never confirmed by Rockstar Games or its parent company, Take Two Interactive—and to this day, neither company has confirmed that the hugely anticipated GTA 6 will have any functional crypto ties.

But Rockstar has acted against crypto interests before. In 2022, the game studio took action against modded, fan-operated Grand Theft Auto 5 servers, banning the use of crypto and NFTs which some had used to grant ownership of unique in-game items.

Whether or not the latest game will have a link to crypto remains to be seen. To date, it remains one of the most anticipated games of all time with billions of dollars in sales projected in the first year.

The official trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 was released in 2023, with the game expected to release later this year.

Edited by Andrew Hayward

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